• Pushing through the defense

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Freehold Township High School’s Nicole Whitley tries to elude a pair of Howell High School defenders, Rebecca Hamilton (18) and Jessica O’Brien (7), during their Oct. 15 match played in Farmingdale. The Rebels scored a huge Shore Conference A North Division victory with their 4-3 decision.

  • Steed breaks own record in Futurity at Freehold Raceway

    Steed captured the $16,000 New Jersey Futurity for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings, setting a track record of 1:58.4, Oct. 16 at Freehold Raceway. Steed’s time for a 2-year-old gelded trotter eclipsed the 1:59.2 track record he established Sept. 17 when he won the Harold Dancer Trot. The Futurity and Dancer are sponsored by the…

  • Patriots reach .500 with win; Colonials improve to 4-2

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Manalapan High School fullback Chris Maksimik, middle, is dragged to the turf by a pack of Middletown High School South defenders during the Shore Conference A North Division game on Oct. 16 in Middletown. The Eagles soared to a 42-7 victory that all but ended Manalapan’s five-year reign as division…

  • Cougars, Mustangs among state’s best in gymnastics

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Colts Neck High School’s Sophie Garito is airborne during her balance beam routine at a dual meet against Red Bank Catholic High School Oct. 13 in Colts Neck. RBC edged the Cougars in the duel between undefeated teams. MATT DENTON The clash for the Shore Conference B North Division gymnastics…

  • LoPreto-Petruccio

    MILESTONES Joseph and Gabrielle Petruccio Gabrielle Marie LoPreto, daughter of Rosaria and Vincent LoPreto of Manalapan, and Joseph Daniel Petruccio, son of Rosanna and Joseph Petruccio of Manalapan, were married on Oct. 3 at Addison Park, Keyport. The Rev. Anthony Carvallo performed the ceremony. The bride, a graduate of Red Bank Catholic High School, Red…

  • ‘Chasing Yesterday’ to debut at library

    MARLBORO — The Marlboro Public Library, Wyncrest Road, will host the Monmouth County premiere of a movie that was filmed in the county. “Chasing Yesterday,” a film by former Marlboro resident Joe Pernice, will be shown at 1 p.m. Nov. 7. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with stars Josh Flitter and…

  • Long road ends with preservation of site

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Local preservationists and a developer worked together to save a piece of history dating to the American Revolution. The property, a historic site known as Cincinnati Hall, was the location of “the first house burned by the British preceding the Battle of Monmouth during the Revolutionary War,”…

  • Neurologist facing charges

    Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Old Bridge Police Chief William Volkert announced that a neurologist was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a female patient at his Old Bridge office. According to a press release, Dr. Farooq Rehman, 61, of Colts Neck, was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact for improperly…

  • High school board has 3 seats on ballot

    Election 2015 By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer Three three-year terms on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education will be on the ballot in the Nov. 3 election. Heshy Moses is running unopposed to retain his seat as Freehold Borough’s representative. Under the board’s voting system, residents of Freehold Borough and Freehold Township…

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